Blog Post 3, My Style

I write to style.  To say this not in my style, “style is the biggest reason why I enjoy writing!”  Before studying my own writing abilities much, I used to consider myself a horrible writer.  This didn’t make sense to me, or any of my friends, because I don’t have any problem talking.  None at all.  In fact, I probably have the opposite problem.  Anytime I eat a meal with family or friends I’m always the last one to finish because I’ve been talking the whole time instead of eating!  So you would think I would be able to write well, but for some reason my mind seemed to lose all sign of life whenever a paper and pencil was put in front of me.  Luckily though, I have discovered that maybe I’m not as bad of a writer as I thought, but only when writing casually, because then it’s not even writing, just me talking, as usual.  My goal for this class, which fortunately I am already seeing myself make progress towards, is to be able to write casually with my style even when writing more formally.  My mom has always loved my personality, but she spent all her time and effort throughout my childhood trying to strap some manners and etiquette on my personality and style.  Hopefully I can now do this with my writing style too, throw some writing tips, rules, and manners on it that can help me write more formally without making my papers lose all voice.  Without doing this, reading my papers is like staring at a blank wall without blinking.